
In October 2005 Tenable network security changed Nessus 3 to a proprietary (closed source) license.

Nessus was founded by Renuad Deraison in 1998 to provide the network community a free remote security scanner. Nessus: The Network Vulnerability Scanner

We will explore more about its features, architecture, and use cases. Today we look at ‘ Nessus ’ Vulnerability scanner which is a very popular and widely used vulnerability scanner by small, medium, and large enterprises. There are many vulnerability management scanners / tools available in the market which help to identify and fix potential vulnerabilities, identify inventory / asset, automated patching to fix vulnerabilities etc.

Vulnerability management is all about identifying, evaluating, treating, and reporting security vulnerabilities in systems and software and it is vital for organizations to prioritize potential threats and reduce the ‘attack surface’.
